Archive for December, 2009

2009: Towards socialism

Published by Vivek December 31st, 2009 in Naan fiction. 0 Comments

Last year Joe the plumber prophetically announced that if Obama were elected there would be socialism in the United States. Looking back at 2009, I am convinced that socialism has arrived. Consider the following: I post on facebook that I misplaced my house key and I get a couch to stay in. I need to [...]

Reflections of a retiring TA

Published by Vivek December 21st, 2009 in Naan fiction. 0 Comments

It is often assumed that Teaching Assistants are powerful, vested with institutionalised power to instruct, monitor and evaluate. No doubt, these represent power over the students. But this is nothing compared to the power that students have over the TA; a kind of power that is silent but brutal. When a hundred notebooks close silently, [...]

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